Apparatus for preserving fruits



(No Model.)

S. S. SAVAGE. APPARATUS FOR PRESERVING FRUITS.

No. 531,067. Patented Dec. 1 1894.

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' NITED- STATES P TENT OFFICE.

SYLVESTER s. SAVAGE, or HARRISON, NEW JERSEY.

APPARATUSv FOR RRESERVING FRUITS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 531,067, dated December 18, 1 894. Application filed March 20, 1894. Serial No. 504A15. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that LSYLVESTER S. SAVAGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Harrison, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Apparatus for Preserving Fruits; and [do hereby declare the following to be a full,'clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will onable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to overcome certain objections inherent in the devices heretofore employed forpreserving'fruits, to facilitate the operation, and to lessen or prevent the danger of scalding the hands during the operation.

The invention consists in the improved apparatus and in the arrangements and combinations of the parts thereof, as'herein set forth, and finally pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings in which similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in each of the figures where they occur, Figure 1 represents a central longitudinal section of my improvement, and an ordinary wash-boiler broken off at the top, in which the said apparatus is contained, a series of jarsbeing shown in elevation therein. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the apparatus apart from the boiler, and Fig. 3 is an elevation of the same.

In said drawings A and B, designate the top and bottom plates, respectively, of a holder or receptacle for the jars; said top plate being provided with a series of openings, a, corresponding in size with the ordinary preserve jars, and the bottom plate being perforated as indicated in Fig. 2. The edges of the top and bottom plates are returned and inclose a stiffening wire, a, to make the edges round so as to prevent any abrasion of the hands in handling the same. The top and bottom plates are held apart the required distance by means of vertical plates 0, which are secured thereto by solder or otherwise, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. At about the center of the holder is a handle, D, which is formed by bending a piece of metal, substanmoving the cans from the boiling water.

tially elliptical in cross-section and having the ends extended from the lower side and inserted through the top plate down to the bottom plate, and securely fastened to both by means of solder or otherwise, so as to hold the two rigidly in position and relieve them from undue strain in the actof lifting the holder when filled with cans or jars of fruit. The longer portion of the handle is located lengthwise of the holder so that if there are 4 more jars in one end of the holder than the other the handle can be grasped nearer one end than the other and thereby prevent the holder from tipping,- and by bringing the ends of the handle toward each other they can be passed down through the plate without coming in contact with the jars, which would be the case if they were bent downwardly directly from the ends of the bend, as will be evident from an inspection of Fig. 2. The bottom plate is also provided with five feet, b, one at each corner, and one in the center, to keep the holder from coming into contact with the bottom of the boiler, and to permit afree circulation beneath and through said bottom. The edges of said handle are also returned and inclose wires to stifien the same and prevent abrasion of the hands in the handling.

By means of this device, all danger of burning or scalding the hands while inserting or removingthe fruit jars from the boiling Water is avoided, as the said jars are seated in the holder before they are placed in the hot water. Moreover the handle being in the center and extending considerably above the top of the holder may, with the cans inserted be set in the water beforeitis heated or while warm and be lifted therefrom without danger of scalding; and the same is true when {enstead of being forced to put the hands down into the boiler and very close to the boiling water, in order to seize the jars or cans, the holder is simply seized by the handle and lifted out of the boiler together with the jars therein without any danger of being burned, as the hand is some distance removed from the boiling Water.

The apparatus is made entirely of tin, but may be made of any suitable metal, such as brass, zinc or other metal, and being madein form to correspond with an ordinary washboiler, the latter may be utilized in the operation of preserving the fruit, the only requisite being that the boiler should be alittle larger all around than the holder so as to permit its free removal therefrom.

The mode of operation is as follows :P1ace the fruit, sugar, water and other necessary ingredients in the jars, then place the jars with covers secured loosely thereon in the holder, then lift the latter by the handle, and place it in the boiler which must have sulficient water in it to cover the jars up to the neck, then place the boiler on the stove and let the water come to a boil, after which fifteen or thirty minutes will suffice to cook any Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is

The improved holder or receptacle for fruit jars, in which is combined a top plate having a series of openings therein to receive the fruit jars, a bottom plate on which said jars rest and having a supporting foot at each corner, a series of side plates securing said top and bottom plates in position, and a litter composed of a single piece of sheet metal bent to form a handle at the apex or top, and two prongs arranged parallel with each other which pass through the central portion of said top plate to the bottom plate and securely fastened to each to hold them in position, and a central support or foot, secured to said bot tom plate, as described and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of March, 1894.

SYLVESTER S. SAVAGE.

Witnesses:

OLIVER DRAKE, ROBERT SOLLBERGER. 

